Wife of slain Fort Benning staff sergeant charged with his murder

SEALE, Alabama -- Russell County authorities have arrested the wife of Fort Benning Staff Sgt. Donald Wilson and charged her with his murder.

Gloria Denise Wilson, 34, was booked into Russell County Jail at about 2:53 a.m. Tuesday.

The Russell County Sheriff’s Office may be looking for other suspects.

Wilson was a fire direction chief with a mortar platoon at Fort Benning, according to a Ledger-Enquirer report. He served 15 years, 10 months in the U.S. Army and was deployed at least twice. He returned from his last deployment to Iraq in June 2011.

Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said Wilson was shot multiple times. His body was found several miles from his home, and by the clothes he was wearing it didn’t appear that he intended to leave his home.

He said Wilson was wearing clothes that a person would typically wear to lounge around the house in.

Authorities believe Wilson was shot somewhere else, and his body was dumped in the ditch. An acquaintance had spoken to Wilson at 11 p.m. last night so police think he was shot sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m.

“At this time, we’re looking into everything that we can,” Taylor said told the Ledger-Enquirer. “We’re looking into all of his associates and friends and family to give us some sort of indication as to what happened last night.”

Phenix City Police found Wilson's Mercury Marquis on fire in the parking lot of Central Highlands Apartments behind Tate Furniture Distributors on 22nd Avenue shortly after his body was recovered.